This village of Azamgarh is in love with classical music

Hariharpur is a small village in Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh. What makes this place unique is the fact that it has produced stalwarts of Hindustani classical music such as Pt Chhanulal Mishra (Padma Bhushan), the late Pt Samta Prasad, Pt Sarda Maharaj, related to Pt Birju Maharaj (Padma Vibhushan), Pt Ganesh Prasad Mishra, Pt Pannalal Mishra, a sarangi exponent, Pt Dinanath Mishra, at al. For long 50 closely-knit families of village have carried this tradition forward without fail. The origin of this strange passion finds its roots in a legend. Close to 300 years back, Hari Namdas and Surnamdas, two saintly singers, who were rajgayaks of the Nepal Naresh, came to stay in Hariharpur, then a village. They were leaving it in search of a new patron when the Nawab of Azamgarh offered 989 bighas of land to the artistes to practice and propagate their art. They never left the village.

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